SPOUTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spouter mean? 

• SPOUTER (noun)
  The noun SPOUTER has 3 senses:

1. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

2. an oil well that is spouting

3. a spouting whale

  Familiarity information: SPOUTER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOUTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

babbler; chatterbox; chatterer; magpie; prater; spouter

Hypernyms ("spouter" is a kind of...):

speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))

Derivation:

spout (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An oil well that is spouting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("spouter" is a kind of...):

oil well; oiler (a well that yields or has yielded oil)

Derivation:

spout (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A spouting whale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spouter" is a kind of...):

whale (any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head)

Derivation:

spout (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet)